Scientists and Inventors - Statistics

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Which physician-scientist was recognized for discovering penicillin in 1928? Alexander Fleming
100%
Which physicist brought the theories of gravity and the basic laws of motion? Isaac Newton
100%
Niels Bohr is most famous for which of the following theories? Theory of atomic structure
100%
Albert Einstein is most famous for which of the following theories? Theory of relativity
100%
Who invented the light bulb in 1883? Thomas Edison
100%
Which inventor, scientist, and engineer is credited with inventing and patenting the first practical telephone? Alexander Graham Bell
86%
Who did the Catholic Church sentence to prison because he said that Earth orbited the Sun? Galileo Galilei
86%
Who invented the railway locomotive in 1814? George Stephenson
86%
Who first stated that for every action (force) in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction? Isaac Newton
86%
Who is the first female Nobel Prize winner? Marie Curie
86%
Which scientist is the founder of the quantum theory? Max Planck
86%
Which scientist first said that the Sun was the center of the universe and that the Earth and the planets orbited the Sun? Nicolaus Copernicus
86%
What invention is most associated with Johannes Gutenberg? Printing press
86%
Who invented the dots and dashes code for sending messages? Samuel Morse
86%
Who invented the first battery? Alessandro Volta
71%
Who discovered the periodic table? Dmitri Mendeleev
71%
What did the founder of the Nobel Prize invent? Dynamite
71%
Which scientist improved the telescope and constructed the first one that could be used to observe the planets? Galileo Galilei
71%
Edmund Jenner is responsible for saving countless lives thanks to his invention. What was it? Vaccine
71%
Who developed the earliest effective vaccine against rabies? Louis Pasteur
57%
What was the name of the famous scientist Röntgen who invented X-rays? Wilhelm
57%
Who was Serbian scientist Mileva Maric married to? Albert Einstein
43%
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